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jim axelrod is there tonight. jim. >> reporter: well, scott, this water-filled tunnel behind me is just one of the many challenges sandy has left for new yorkers who are facing a transportation nightmare. on this road into new york city, gasoline may be hard to find, but frustration summer is not. >> get in front of me! get in front of me! if it makes you happy. >> reporter: supply isn't the problem. it's the power blackouts that are keeping pumps from operating. >> move it! move it! >> reporter: aaa says just a third of stations are open in new jersey and long island. this line was three hours long. >> worth the wait. >> reporter: hours waiting for gas is followed by hours to get over a bridge or through a tunnel. to reduce congestion, police are turning away cars with less than three people until midnight tomorrow. >> move the line to the front! let's go! >> reporter: new york city buses resumed running today, and they were crammed tight. cedric taylor is a security guard headed back to work. >> you have to be p
jim axelrod is there tonight. jim. >> reporter: well, scott, this water-filled tunnel behind me is just one of the many challenges sandy has left for new yorkers who are facing a transportation nightmare. on this road into new york city, gasoline may be hard to find, but frustration summer is not. >> get in front of me! get in front of me! if it makes you happy. >> reporter: supply isn't the problem. it's the power blackouts that are keeping pumps from operating. >> move...
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what he needs is folks that vote romney, vote for klobuchar, and vote for jim graves. talking to a lot of republicans in minnesota who tend to be more moderate than the ones we see on the national stage there is this sort of sense of being fed up with michele bachmann. however, there is a strong evangelical pull in that district. gay marriage is on the ballot. that might be enough to push her ahead as well as the redistricting. she'll probably sneak through but, still, a very -- >> we'll see. >> she spent more i think on that than the presidential race. we'll bring in the rest of our friday super panel. republican strategist and president of new frontier strategy, and of course luke sticking around. up in new york melissa harris perry host of msnbc's "melissa harris-perry." i'm sorry. i thought i'd be in new york today. >> yes. >> all of our travel schedules have been messed around a little bit. i want to focus quickly on michele bachmann. i go back with these memories of bob thorn you know when he ran for president. and on election night at the time an unknown hispani
what he needs is folks that vote romney, vote for klobuchar, and vote for jim graves. talking to a lot of republicans in minnesota who tend to be more moderate than the ones we see on the national stage there is this sort of sense of being fed up with michele bachmann. however, there is a strong evangelical pull in that district. gay marriage is on the ballot. that might be enough to push her ahead as well as the redistricting. she'll probably sneak through but, still, a very -- >> we'll...
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jim cantore has more for us on this problem. >> hey, tamron. this is what i would call an orderly gas line, even though it's packed, it's orderly he. people are lined up to each pump, and they filled the tanks with tangers that came in here. this is a nice supply of gas here at the vince lombardi truck stop. back towards the west, you can see here this gentleman, this police officer is actually directing traffic coming in from the exit into which line they should get in. as we show you where that line is, it travels all the way back up around to the turnpike. last night we understand this line was all the way out into the turnpike, which creates a dangerous situation there. so this is pretty good. you have about an hour and a half wait to the end of the line so you're able to get gas. there's no limits here on how much to get. they ask everybody to be respectful of everybody else. if you have five five-gallon tanks strapped to your roof, that won't make a lot of people happy. you have 50% of all the gas stations out there that could be giving o
jim cantore has more for us on this problem. >> hey, tamron. this is what i would call an orderly gas line, even though it's packed, it's orderly he. people are lined up to each pump, and they filled the tanks with tangers that came in here. this is a nice supply of gas here at the vince lombardi truck stop. back towards the west, you can see here this gentleman, this police officer is actually directing traffic coming in from the exit into which line they should get in. as we show you...
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decades ago we faced jim crow and the polls. today it's fewer hours and longer lines. but the goal is the same. voter suppression. joining me now is former florida governor charlie crist. he's now an independent. tonight he's introducing former president clinton at an obama rally. governor, thanks so much for your time tonight. >> reverend, it's great to be with you, reverend al. thank you. >> now, let me ask you directly. wouldn't extending voting hours be the right thing for governor scott to do here? you did it in 2008 as the governor of florida and you are republican. what would be wrong with scott doing that today? >> there would be nothing wrong with it, reverend. it would be the right thing to do. it's a precious, cherished right and all of us want to have an opportunity to exercise. yesterday i was in miami guard dense in north dade county and the wait was 2 1/2 to three hours. it's unconscienceable to let that go on. the people of florida deserve better and they deserve a right to vote. >> i have been down in florida with the nonpartisan voting and i saw the l
decades ago we faced jim crow and the polls. today it's fewer hours and longer lines. but the goal is the same. voter suppression. joining me now is former florida governor charlie crist. he's now an independent. tonight he's introducing former president clinton at an obama rally. governor, thanks so much for your time tonight. >> reverend, it's great to be with you, reverend al. thank you. >> now, let me ask you directly. wouldn't extending voting hours be the right thing for...
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here's meteorologist jim dickey of accuweather.com. >> good morning, rob and sunny. unfortunately, keeping it chilly across the northeast. many spots without power. these are temperatures you expect you step out the door this morning. many in the 30s. burlington, syracuse, around the freezing point, pittsburgh, detroit. it's not going to end. sandy, what's left of it, large area of low pressure spinning over canada continuing to usher in chilly air. a couple showers here, nothing much in the way of precipitation but this northwesterly wind will continue. that brings that chilly air in out of can did turning progressively colder each night headed through the weekend and that sets the stage for potentiacoastal snowstorm. wouldn't be anything like sandy here. more your typical nor'easter. two potential paths, one could take it out to sea. rob and sunny, back to you. >> say it ain't so. >>> new york officials are facing criticism for going forward with the new york marathon this sunday despite the devastation left behind by sandy. the actual course through the city's fiv
here's meteorologist jim dickey of accuweather.com. >> good morning, rob and sunny. unfortunately, keeping it chilly across the northeast. many spots without power. these are temperatures you expect you step out the door this morning. many in the 30s. burlington, syracuse, around the freezing point, pittsburgh, detroit. it's not going to end. sandy, what's left of it, large area of low pressure spinning over canada continuing to usher in chilly air. a couple showers here, nothing much in...
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so if we get a new chairman, they're going to -- >> we have to go with breaking news, jim. sorry. thanks for being here. what's the breaking news? >> wayne angel, man, that takes me back. a few moments ago the homeland security secretary issuing a waiver of the jones act which means additional oil tankers will have access to ports in the northeast. it's a big deal, crude is moving. our sharon epperson has reaction. sharon? >> it's all traders are buzzing about. it's a huge story for the energy markets. we've seen an immediate reaction. oil prices falling here by about $2. $85.19 was the low of the session. big drops, 2% or so, in gasoline and in heating oil as well. this certainly alleviates the bottle neck issue that is have been happening around the new york, new jersey area and this is something that is very rare for this to occur, but this situation is as dire as it is and the need for supplies in the northeast is as dire as it is. the reaction immediate in the energy markets. we've even seen crude prices down about $1 or so. but the biggest reaction definitely in the products
so if we get a new chairman, they're going to -- >> we have to go with breaking news, jim. sorry. thanks for being here. what's the breaking news? >> wayne angel, man, that takes me back. a few moments ago the homeland security secretary issuing a waiver of the jones act which means additional oil tankers will have access to ports in the northeast. it's a big deal, crude is moving. our sharon epperson has reaction. sharon? >> it's all traders are buzzing about. it's a huge...
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here's meteorologist jim dickey of accuweather.com. >> good morning, rob and sunny. still keeping it chilly, unfortunately, across the northeast of new england. what's left of sandy low area of pressure across canada dragging in chilly air. many spots still without power. this is north what we want to see. unfortunately that's going to continue. this northwesterly wind continues to bring in cold air so through today, through the weekend so becoming progressively colder. this sets the stage for potential storm system. again, not what we want to see here. it should be noted, no matter what happens here, nothing like what we saw with sandy as it moved inland. but more of your typical nor'easter on tap here. two possible tracks, one takes it out to sea, could swing back inland and talking rain and potentially snowfall. rob and sunny, back to you. > that's a significant problem. that's a significant problem because you have a lot of these elderly people like we saw in the report from staten island where they're in their homes and it's cold, and they can get hypothermia at
here's meteorologist jim dickey of accuweather.com. >> good morning, rob and sunny. still keeping it chilly, unfortunately, across the northeast of new england. what's left of sandy low area of pressure across canada dragging in chilly air. many spots still without power. this is north what we want to see. unfortunately that's going to continue. this northwesterly wind continues to bring in cold air so through today, through the weekend so becoming progressively colder. this sets the...